Display-rack.



A. E, MILLER;

'DISPL AI RACK. 'APPLIcgrIoN FILED MAY 15, 1911 Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

lwmMor PATENT orrron.

' 1 BALTIMORE,

j Aiip et o fii d'may 1 ToalZ who-m flaring concern.

Be it known that'I, ANDREW E. MILLER,

a snbject of the King of .Great Britain, re

" siding in the'city of' Balti lnore ahd State.

' of Maryland, have invented new andu'seful Improvements in"Display-Racks, of which i I the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements indisplay racks for garments and the. like, and relates more particularlyto the case in which the rack is inclosed. l

In'that-class of display racks in which a reciprocable rack member ismountedin a case,'it iscustomary to provide the case at as indicated indotted lines, Fig. 1, they are first moved into the position indicatedat- (1,

the front with doors which are swung to open and then slid insidethe-case adjacent v the sides of the latter. Or else the doors arehinged to the'case in the. usual manner. In

either form considerable floor space is re quired to permit the swingingof the doors, and one of theobjects of the present invention is toprovide improved. means forreducing the space required in front of'thecase. for the manipulation of'the doors.

- A-further "object is to provide improved means for, supporting thedoors.

. set forth and jThe invention will be hereinafter fully particularlypointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawing :'Figure 1 is a plan View of a display rackand its inc'losing casing,- illustrating my invention.

- 'Fig. 2 is a detail illustrating the door supporting carriage: Fig. 3is a'detail.

Referring to the drawings, designates a case provided wit side walls 11,a back wall .12, and a fro t opening 13, closed by doors 14; Each or ispivotally mounted betweenforwardl projecting ears 15 located .at theupper and lower ends-respectively. of a bar 16,.the lower. end of saidbar being'als'o provided 1 with a rearward extension 17 forming acarriage provided with supportingrollers 18. The bar 16 and carriage 17may be made, integral to form an approxi- -mately L-shaped support for.the; door as shown. The top and bottom edges of each door are providedwith pins or rollers 19 adjacent the middle of theudoor, and the lugs 15are provided Wllh pins or rollers. 20 opposite the pivotpins 21gf- Thepins, or rollers 19, 20 "work in groovesor slots MARYLAND.

ANDREW MILLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIG-NCR T0 SOLQMON HIMMEL, QF

DISPLAY-RACK.

, Specification of: Letters Patent. Patented llIl 1'. 4, 1913.

1911. Serial 627,332.

spectively of the case, and parallel with the s de walls,- each of saidgrooves being provided with an angular branch 23, parallel \v ith andcontiguous to the front edge; The

carriage 1T reciprocates in a suitable guideway above groove 22.

A display rack is conventionally illustrated in F1g. 1',,.the same beingadapted to be moved forwardly when the doors are opened, to permit adisplay of the garments supported thereby. The form of display rack, andthe means for reciprocating the same are immaterial and furtherdescription thereof 15 cons dered unnecessary.

In practice assuming the doors are closed the pins orrollers 19 of eachdoor sliding in. the branch grooves or slots 23 and the'pins or rollers20 in the grooves or slots The pinsor rollers 19, 20 continueto move intheir respective grooves or slots until, the door assumes the positionindicated in full lines on the left of the case whereupon it is moved inparallel with the adjacent side wall 11. In closing the foregoingoperation is reversed.

From the foregoing it will be observed thatthe weight of each door issupported by its carriage 17, and that instead-of requiring space topermit a full length swing of the door, only such space is required aswill permit the swinging of a door equalalthoughflwithout attempting toset forth all of the forms in which it may be made oi .all of the formsof its use, what Iclaim 1s 1-,

.' 1. The combination with a case having grooves'therein"each providedwith an angular branch, of an upright bar provided atits upper end withan overhanging for wardly projecting lug and at its lower "end with asecond forwardly projecting lug, said bar beingalso provided at itslower end with a rearward projection forming carriage,

- ro llers supporting said carriage, pivot pins married by saidforwardly projecting lugs and engaging the main portions of saidgrooves, a door, pivot pms for said door 22 formed in the top and bottomwal1s', ;fg5,

' jiilso carried-by said forwardly projecting lugs, and additi n 1alpinscarried b y the door to engage the angular branchesof said grooves.e

The combination with a case having groovestherein each provided with anangular liiranch, of an Leshaped supporting ineinber providedat itsupper end with an I overhanging forwardly ro ectmg lug and at its lowerend with a second forwardly projecting lug, supporting rollers connectedwith theL-shaped port-ion of saidmember, pivot pins carried by saidforwardly' projucting lugs and engaging the main portion of saidgrooves, a door, pivot pinsfor said door also carried by ,said lugs, andadditional pins carried by the door toengage the angular branches ofsaid grooves In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

7 ANDREW E. MILLER. \Vitnesses JoHx J. \VAoxER, LEE I. IIECHT.

